Platforms brace for impact as gig workforce returns homeAccording to industry executives, the daily active gig workers on quick commerce platforms are currently running 10-12% below early-2026 le...
06 Apr, 2026, 08.49 AM IST
Cities to face house help shortage as migrants return home to voteMajor Indian cities face a looming shortage of essential household help. Cooks, nannies, drivers, and security guards are heading home for ...
24 Mar, 2026, 09.15 AM IST
Bihar assembly elections trigger labour, workers shortage in big citiesEmployers, both domestic and industrial, are offering attendance incentives, bonuses, and advance payments to retain existing staff and ens...
10 Nov, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
The Indians hired for Russia's Ukraine warMoscow hires Indian and Nepali nationals through recruiters for the Russian army in Ukraine. Indian citizens are promised non-combatant rol...
27 Feb, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
Cost of death: How and why funeral rates have gone up across this Covid-wracked countryThe past few weeks have been harrowing for the 49-year-old funeral arranger at Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan cremation ground. There were days wh...
22 May, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Government replaces safai karamchari, kahar, farash categorisation for CAPF jawansSimilarly, as per the order accessed by PTI , the posts of cook, water carrier, butcher, waiter, masalchi (kitchen helper who works with pr...
21 Oct, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
In possibly world's biggest recruitment drive, Railways starts hiring 90,000 workersThe move to provide jobs to around one lakh youth seems to be aimed at blunting the criticism that enough jobs were not being created under...
26 Feb, 2018, 08.45 PM IST
Railway kickstarts India's biggest recruitment process, hikes upper age limit by 2 yearsRailways has announced one of the largest recruitment processes for 89409 posts in Group C and D categories.
20 Feb, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Resistance within government to universal social security paymentsAccording to official sources, the plan is facing resistance from other government sections because such a programme would raise overall wa...
08 Dec, 2017, 12.53 PM IST
This army of women is battling India’s $10 billion power problemTata Power’s joint venture in Delhi has come up with a solution against power theft that’s turning out to be a model, not just for the rest...
04 Oct, 2017, 04.00 PM IST
Startup says bai-bai to Bollywood starsBarely two years in the business, it has announced that it will stop providing domestic help to Bollywood celebrities after cases of physic...
19 Apr, 2017, 12.58 PM IST
Startups using creative means to draw users to appsAhmedabad-based Poletalks, a community interaction platform that allows people to make or share anonymous comments or information, introduc...
28 Nov, 2016, 03.31 PM IST
Railways soon to start battery car service at major stationsPassengers, will have to pay for the service as the railways will appoint private firms to run these services on a regular basis.
11 Jul, 2016, 10.24 AM IST
DDCA distributes entire IPL 'Prize Money' among its 112 staffCurator Ankit Datta, who came in for special praise from Indian captain Virat Kohli during the South Africa series, is being awarded Rs 1 l...
05 Jul, 2016, 07.32 PM IST
Odd-even: Private schools asked to register buses with DTCThe Delhi government has asked the private schools in the national capital to register their buses with DTC to enable their hiring for use ...
22 Dec, 2015, 07.22 PM IST
Hiring a maid or driver would soon require more paperworkThis is if the govt accepts a labour ministry proposal that’s being finalised as part of efforts to ensure that the rights of domestic work...
25 Jul, 2015, 03.48 AM IST
1,500 jobs up for grabs at Delhi government's job fairAAP government will hold a job fair in August during which companies eager to hire staff will organize counselling sessions for prospective...
17 Jul, 2015, 11.15 AM IST